From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263061AbVFXDlE (ORCPT ); Thu, 23 Jun 2005 23:41:04 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263059AbVFXDko (ORCPT ); Thu, 23 Jun 2005 23:40:44 -0400 Received: from graphe.net ([209.204.138.32]:57553 "EHLO graphe.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263024AbVFXDk3 (ORCPT ); Thu, 23 Jun 2005 23:40:29 -0400 Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2005 20:40:25 -0700 (PDT) From: Christoph Lameter X-X-Sender: christoph@graphe.net To: "David S. Miller" cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-net@vger.kernel.org, shai@scalex86.org, akpm@osdl.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, herbert@gondor.apana.org.au Subject: Re: [PATCH] dst_entry structure use,lastuse and refcnt abstraction In-Reply-To: <20050623.203647.88475017.davem@davemloft.net> Message-ID: References: <20050623.203647.88475017.davem@davemloft.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Spam-Score: -5.9 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, 23 Jun 2005, David S. Miller wrote: > From: Christoph Lameter > Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2005 20:04:52 -0700 (PDT) > > > The patch also removes the atomic_dec_and_test in dst_destroy. > > That is the only part of this patch I'm willing to entertain > at this time, as long as Herbert Xu ACKs it. How much of that > quoted %3 gain does this change alone give you? Nothing as far as I can tell. The main benefit may be reorganization of the code. > Also, please post networking patches to netdev@vger.kernel.org. > Because you didn't, the majority of the networking maintainers > did not see your dst patch submissions. It's mentioned in > linux/MAINTAINERS for a reason: > > NETWORKING [GENERAL] > P: Networking Team > M: netdev@vger.kernel.org > L: netdev@vger.kernel.org > S: Maintained > > Thanks. Yes and it was recently changed. Typical use is linux-xxx@vger.kernel.org